Toy



July 28, 1925.- 1,547,904

T. CONDELL TOY Filed DeC. 27. 1924 772027703 Condel! I i UNITED STATE-s.

{:i-gj I THOMAS 'ooNnELL, or VANCOUVER, BnrrIsH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

TO'Y.

, Application filed December 27,1924. Serial No. 758,437.

particularly to a toy un designed to dis- 'c'hargea fire cracker a ter igniting the fuse 1 thereof. 7 I v One object is to provide a gun or pistol Which may be made at very low cost, and

V various kinds of articles, as missiles, includ- 'ing fire crackers. I

A further object 1s to provide propelling 'means of resilient form adapted to impart'a I blow which will fire a'percussion element or whichfwill propela small objectsuch as a solid missile.

v v A still further object is employ a mis-' sile comprising the well known type of fire cracker having 'connected'therewith a percussion' element.

"With the foregoing and other objects in view, theinvention consists in the novel con- ,struction and arrangement of elements de- 30 'soribedand claimed, it being unders o that f'Of' the claim without. departing from the spirit of the inventlon. Q In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the def 'a view in side elevation; Figure 3 is in hori "zontal section and top plan, the section belng tail View of the missile; Figure 5 shows a slight modification in which the fuse of the rectly'thereon. V v j. The barrel of the gun/or pistol is designated and is provided with a longitudinal slot '11 extending toward the breech [The hand'1e12 may be formed of tubular material and includes a downwardlyextendging, portion 13, a loop 14, and an upward exe tension "having1 an upper open end; V

V flsl'eeve 16 has less diameterithan the barrel and extends into the breech portion thereof,

This invention relates to toys, and more 7 which shall be capable of use for discharging *m'odificationsmaybemade within the scope vice chiefly in vertical section; Figure 2 is t on line'33 of Figure 1;,Figure 4 is a de shown.

{missile has a percussion member formed di- What is claimed is o J The portion-13of ,th'e lhandle. 's connecte r "rigidlywith a slotted sleeve 16, the slot being in 'alignmentwith the slot of the barrel. The

and the bore of the sleeve is tapered, perwedged therein sufiiciently tightto prevent accidental displacement.

' mitting a fire-cracker or other missile to be 7 As shown in Figure 1, the barrel be made in one piece with the tubular h andle. portion. i

. A'trigger 18 is pivoted at 19, and a -U-Q' shaped or arch shaped spring20 has one i. end extending into the open end of the trig ger element comprising the handle, the other end'of the spring projecting into the slotof;

to be discharged. P

lVhenthe spring 21 is placed under 'com- ;pression,it will engagethe trigger, the release of'the trigger allowing the spring to Shot of suitable size may be employed, or

slightly from the end, the fuse being short the barrel for imparting a blow to the object V suddenly expand and impart a blow to the missile previously placed in the tapered bore.

ened if desired. This match head or other Similar element will be ignited upon the im'- pactof thespring, and the cracker dis f" charged and ejected from' thegun. How-' formed directly thereon, as shownin 'Fig-' ure 5. j A spring of greater or be employed, a weak spring 'being preferable if the gun is to beused by small children,

ever, the fuse may have a percussion element lessjstrength may 7 The element 27, connected with the handle I by a clip 28 projects underthetrigger, as.

In. a toy gun, a barrel slotted longitudinally, a sleeve slotted longitudinally and ment, said sleeve having .a tapered bore'of' spring projecting into and operable in'-the slotted. portions of the sleeve and 'barrehfor imparting a blow to' a missile, and means; for

"retaining the spring underlcompression'.

In testimonyvvhereofiI aflix my signature THOMAS ooNDELL, 1 

